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Get up and running with Minimal in just a few steps. This guide will walk you through creating an account, saving your first bookmark, and organizing with groups.

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Create your account

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Sign up at minimal.so

Visit minimal.so and create your account. You can sign up with:
  • Email and password: Enter your email and choose a password
  • Google OAuth: Sign in with your Google account for faster setup
No credit card required. Your bookmarks are private by default.
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Verify your email

If you signed up with email, check your inbox for a verification email. Click the link to verify your account.
Didn’t receive the email? Check your spam folder or request a new verification email from the login page.
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Access your dashboard

Once logged in, you’ll see your dashboard with an input field to save bookmarks. Your account comes with a default “Bookmarks” group.

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Save your first bookmark

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Paste a URL

In the input field at the top of your dashboard, paste any URL you want to save. For example:
https://github.com/ephraimduncan/minimal.so
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Press Enter

Hit Enter or Cmd/Ctrl+Enter to save. Minimal automatically:
  • Fetches the page title
  • Extracts the description
  • Downloads the favicon
  • Normalizes the URL for deduplication
If the URL already exists in your bookmarks, it will be updated instead of creating a duplicate.
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View your bookmark

Your bookmark appears in the list below. You can:
  • Click to open the URL in a new tab
  • Right-click (or hold) for options: Copy, Rename, Move, Delete
  • Press Space to select multiple bookmarks for bulk operations

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Organize with groups

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Create a new group

Click the + button next to “Groups” in the sidebar to create a new group. Give it a name like “Work”, “Reading List”, or “Design Resources”.
Groups are automatically assigned a color from a predefined palette. You can change the color later in group settings.
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Move bookmarks to groups

To move a bookmark to a different group:
  1. Right-click the bookmark (or press Space to select multiple)
  2. Select Move to group
  3. Choose the destination group
When you move a bookmark to a different group, its visibility resets to the group’s default (typically private).
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Switch between groups

Click any group in the sidebar to view its bookmarks. The URL updates to reflect the current group, so you can bookmark and share specific group views.

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Learn keyboard shortcuts

Minimal is keyboard-first. Here are the essential shortcuts:
ShortcutAction
↑ / ↓Navigate bookmarks
EnterOpen bookmark
Cmd/Ctrl+CCopy URL
Cmd/Ctrl+ERename bookmark
Cmd/Ctrl+⌫Delete bookmark
SpaceSelect for bulk actions
Cmd/Ctrl+ASelect all bookmarks
EscapeDeselect all
See the full list of keyboard shortcuts in Keyboard Shortcuts.

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Install the browser extension

Save bookmarks from anywhere with the Chrome extension:

Install extension

Add the Chrome extension for one-click saving from any webpage

Auto-capture

Automatically sync bookmarks from X (Twitter) and your browser

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Next steps

Features

Explore all bookmark management features and workflows

Public profiles

Share your bookmark collections with custom public profiles

Search

Learn how to search and filter your bookmarks effectively

API reference

Build custom integrations with the Minimal API

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Self-hosting

Want to run your own Minimal instance? See the Self-Hosting Guide for installation instructions and configuration options.